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“Welcome to Resistance School. Our first class is now in session.”
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20 Apr 17
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Designed by Harvard University students, this program teaches anyone how to be an effective activist.
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Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena
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19 Apr 17
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Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass.
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WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town
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19 Apr 17
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WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers.
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My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
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19 Apr 17
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Directed by Dash Shaw, the film’s lo-fi quality goes against the trend of current animation.
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Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US
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19 Apr 17
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The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far.
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Artwork for equity
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19 Apr 17
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These original postcards promote inclusion, equity, liberation, and justice for all races.
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The Mashambas Skyscraper
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18 Apr 17
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A skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana
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18 Apr 17
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Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers
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Mateusz Urbanowicz’s Tokyo Storefront series
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18 Apr 17
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These delightful illustrations document the changing face of the Japanese capital.
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DuoSkin: Tattoos that work as on-skin interfaces
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14 Apr 17
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MIT have developed DuoSkin, a metallic tattoo that enables you to use your skin as an interface to control devices, receive data and communicate.
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Giorgia Lupi: Drawing from life
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14 Apr 17
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A brief jaunt through design, part two. Today we share a short interview with emotional data translator Giorgia Lupi.
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Nelly Ben Hayoun: An impolite future hero
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13 Apr 17
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A brief jaunt through design, part one. Today we begin with a designer who tries to put volcanoes in your living room.
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Zadok Ben-David makes art out of all the people he saw but never met
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13 Apr 17
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The London-based artist’s work laments the human race’s growing isolation.
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The Illegal Project by Daniel Obasi
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13 Apr 17
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These stunning images look at the Nigerian LGBTQ community forced to hide their sexual orientation.
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The surreal self-portraits of Izumi Miyazaki
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12 Apr 17
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The young Japanese photographer’s work makes the mundane curious.
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A card game for positive vibes
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12 Apr 17
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If a random act of kindness comes into your life, pay it forward.
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Manooi: An atelier that sculpts light
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12 Apr 17
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Hungarian lighting design studio Manooi create bespoke crystal chandeliers with cutting edge style.
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Self-portraiture by Zanele Muholi
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11 Apr 17
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Visual activist Zanele Muholi turns the camera on herself.
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This animated series is a hilariously relatable confrontation of gender stereotypes
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11 Apr 17
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2D animator and filmmaker Caress Reeves’ shorts address gendered reactions on the current culture.
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We like this border because it wouldn’t really be a border at all
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11 Apr 17
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Trump’s border wall reimagined as a regenerative co-nation shared by both Mexico and the U.S
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The robots are coming!
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10 Apr 17
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AMP Robotics is revolutionising the waste processing industry by using robots for recycling – this age-old problem now has a new solution!
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Have the conversation: Make contraception one of the cool kids
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10 Apr 17
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Future Fab, a lifestyle brand, is on a mission to break through the stigma and awkwardness of talking about reproductive health using innovative campaigns.
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Reebok’s Cotton + Corn
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10 Apr 17
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Bringing environmentally friendly design into the footwear we love.
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Dust by Minenhle Siphesihle Ntuli
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10 Apr 17
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The South African architect and designer unveils the first piece from his new furniture collection.
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9 Sep 22
Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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9 Sep 22
New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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9 Sep 22
Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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